out of time !

" i hope i arrive to my death late,
in love, and a little drunk "
–atticus

oh, she knew life could be cruel. knew its wrath. had been dealt a dodgy hand one too many times to trust the dealer. one too many scars to remind her to be suspicious, to look over her shoulder in the night, to growl at the converging dark. even in the lapse, she was snarling.

when she found the light, it was glorious.

nothing could ever compare to the way he pulled her in, held her scarred hands in his, kissed her sinner's mouth as if she were a saint. and he believed. thought her to be good, not the barbarian her muscles knew her as.

what a wonder the card master was to deal the only hand that had ever brought the wailing princess to her knees amongst blood and gore. to bathe in her sins. the final card cleansed her stained skin and kissed her brow, told her she was enough.

she smiled against his mouth, held him tight, and just knew this was the beginning of something she never wanted to end.

and she would fight for it until her corpse lay bloody at the card master's feet, grinning with love.

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COMING SOON: SEPTEMBER 2018